Western Civilizations HMS-301 Section A Project Topic: Futurism Prepared By: Bassel Paoli (12110518) Instructor: Dr. Karim Tannous Introduction Futurism Futurism is an artistic and social movement that began in Italy Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The movement launched under the name Futurist Manifesto‚ written by Filippo‚ was published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell ’Emilia in Bologna on 5 February 1909‚ and later on in French on 20
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or Bronze Age or developing directly into the Iron Age‚ depending on geographical region. THE BRONZE AGE: The bronze age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze and proto-writing‚ and other features of urban civilization. An ancient civilization can be in the Bronze Age either by smelting its own copper and alloying with tin‚ or by trading for bronze from production areas elsewhere. THE IRON AGE: The iron age is the period generally occurring after the Bronze Age‚ marked
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Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning between two rivers. This name was given due to the fact that this land is between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. This is where the Mesopotamian civilization was started. It should be understood that Mesopotamia was a region that had several different empires and civilizations due such a diverse set of cultures within the same region. They were able to bond their cultures together through their writings‚ gods and attitudes towards the female population.
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Chapter 1 — The First Civilizations The Earliest Humans Essential Question How did humans become food producers rather than food gatherers? * Domestication of animals * There was fertile soil to grow crops * Hunting animals was harder * Agriculture was a failure for a long time I can statements Explain why the development of agriculture was so crucial for the establishment of civilization. * Hunting wasn’t reliable * You may not get enough food for the day by hunting/gathering
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Egypt is located near the Nile River. Egypt is right under the Mediterranean Sea and directly west of the Red Sea. It is located at the top of Africa. They chose this location because it is near an abundance of water. Egypt’s main water source is the Nile River. They often traded with Nubia (also known as Kush) due to them being conveniently close to Egypt. Egypt’s government was focused on heredity rule. Heredity rule is a form of government where the power is passed from father to son and
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Essay Title: Material and civilization According to dictionary‚ material is anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed and civilization is an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached. There are basically 4 periods of materials science development in history of the world: Prehistory‚ Antiquity‚ Middle Ages‚ and Modern materials science. This essay covers the history of materials science on how different
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(Early River Civilizations) The four early river valley civilizations were the Sumerian/Mesopotamia‚ Egyptian‚ Harappan and Ancient China. All of these civilizations were located on fertile river beds to make planting crops much easier. They all made technological advances in their time span and set the ground for future generations. The Sumerian civilization also known as Mesopotamia/The Fertile Crescent is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers….this is how it gets its name the Fertile
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regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature‚ the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters. The uprising took place in Cairo‚ Alexandria‚ and in other cities in Egypt‚ following the Tunisian Revolution that saw the overthrow of the long-time Tunisian president. On 11 February‚ following weeks of determined popular protest and pressure‚ Mubarak resigned from office. Grievances of Egyptian protesters were focused
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Anna Patricia R. David 11143363 Clash of Civilizations The world was returning to a civilization-dominated world where future conflicts would originate from clashes between ‘civilizations’. The thesis of Huntington outlines a future where the “great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of the conflict will be cultural” (Huntington‚ 1993). Huntington divides the world’s culture into seven current civilizations and those are the western‚ Latin American‚ Confucian‚ Japanese
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Sudan‚ and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea‚ with a total distance of 5584 km. From its remotest headstream in Burundi‚ the river is 6671 km long. The river basin covers an area of more than 3‚349‚000 sq km. Not only is the Nile considered a wonder by Herodotus‚ but by people all over the world‚ due to its impotance to the growth of a civilization.<br><br>The first great African civilization developed in the northern Nile Valley in about 5000 BC. Dependent on agriculture‚ this state‚ called Egypt‚ relied
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